Building a website on your own? While it sounds intimidating, be encouraged — it is doable! With a few basic steps and suggestions, you’ll be on your way creating your own site. Find what you like Pay attention to what you appreciate [...]

Finding your WordPress stats — some quick ways to find out how many are viewing your site. WordPress site stats are easy to find, if you have Jetpack installed. If you don’t have Jetpack’s WordPress.com stats running on your site, [...]

When posts and pages aren’t enough, you can now add sections for testimonials and your portfolio. While the basic posts and pages in WordPress do the job on many blogs and sites, it can be helpful to add different content types. [...]

Changes to Jetpack with the new version Just recently released, Jetpack 3.9.4’s sole update seems to be a simple bug fix to Vimeo shortcodes. But the Jetpack 3.9.3 version is where the bigger changes have taken place. While the majority [...]

Create an icon for your WordPress site. Once a newer Jetpack feature, the option for site icons in WordPress sites are now automatically available — you just need to do a quick photo upload and you’re done! The icon (or [...]

Building a website on your own? While it sounds intimidating, be encouraged — it is doable! With a few basic steps and suggestions, you’ll be on your way creating your own site. Find what you like Pay attention to what you appreciate on other websites. Of course, you’ll want an attractive and user-friendly site. Find what works […]

Finding your WordPress stats — some quick ways to find out how many are viewing your site. WordPress site stats are easy to find, if you have Jetpack installed. If you don’t have Jetpack’s WordPress.com stats running on your site, then read my post on it here: Utilizing the Jetpack plugin: WordPress.com Stats. Simply hover […]

When posts and pages aren’t enough, you can now add sections for testimonials and your portfolio. While the basic posts and pages in WordPress do the job on many blogs and sites, it can be helpful to add different content types. Jetpack’s option of adding custom content types provides WordPress personal bloggers and business sites with […]

Changes to Jetpack with the new version Just recently released, Jetpack 3.9.4’s sole update seems to be a simple bug fix to Vimeo shortcodes. But the Jetpack 3.9.3 version is where the bigger changes have taken place. While the majority of the update focused on bug fixes and updating Jetpack enhancements, there are a few […]

Create an icon for your WordPress site. Once a newer Jetpack feature, the option for site icons in WordPress sites are now automatically available — you just need to do a quick photo upload and you’re done! The icon (or favicon, as it’s also called) is used as an app and browser icon, and will […]

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